I can't even begin to tell you how useful this product has been to me. I don't just use snapshots to protect myself... I have set up "forks" of operation within the Rollback framework. Three main forks... the MAIN system (where I do my day to day stuff), the EVALUATION system where I try products and goodies for both myself and others, and the WILD system where the system sits in the wild and gobbles up virii and adware to see what effect they have on the system.

The WILD fork is where I use the Rollback function the most and the EVALUATION fork is 2nd. I could never do this without a reliable snapshot product... Rollback RX was the first one I tried (after a bad experience with CTM).

Thanks. Sounds like you have a good setup. It seems that Eaz-Fix is almost $20 cheaper than Rollback RX, which is why I was concerned maybe Rollback RX was better or had more options. Seems like a high price delta for the same product from the same company...

Will do thanks. I might pass on it...not a fan of not being able to defrag my hard drive after install for one, as well as imaging limitations. I will do the due diligence and trial it out on my older laptop I use for testing.

Will do thanks. I might pass on it...not a fan of not being able to defrag my hard drive after install for one, as well as imaging limitations. I will do the due diligence and trial it out on my older laptop I use for testing.

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Considering that defrag does nothing at all to protect the system and may only have a minor effect on system performance unless you have gone a long time between defrags, and that the only imaging limitation is that if you want to image with Rx installed you need to do a sector by sector image,,,,,,,you are giving up a great deal of protection and convenience for very little return.

Just my opinion of course, but it is an opinion built upon experience.

Will do thanks. I might pass on it...not a fan of not being able to defrag my hard drive after install for one, as well as imaging limitations. I will do the due diligence and trial it out on my older laptop I use for testing.

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I've gone a long, long time with CTM and Eaz-Fix between uninstall and defrag. Also made way more than normal snapshots and restores. The hard drive is never fragmented.

Yes...it is NTFS running Windows 7 64-bit. I don't even use it that much, but even the simple task of installing or removing an application creates defragmentation. Once a week I run a full defrag, then use IFL or DS to snap an offline image.

Yes...it is NTFS running Windows 7 64-bit. I don't even use it that much, but even the simple task of installing or removing an application creates defragmentation. Once a week I run a full defrag, then use IFL or DS to snap an offline image.

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Windows 7 x64 has a built in defrag, which runs automatically on schedule. The first thing I do, I turn if off, after a clean install.

I install and uninstall lots of programs and delete so much. But whenever, I try to defrag with Perfect Disk 11, it shows only 1.6 defrag.

Windows 7 x64 has a built in defrag, which runs automatically on schedule. The first thing I do, I turn if off, after a clean install.

I install and uninstall lots of programs and delete so much. But whenever, I try to defrag with Perfect Disk 11, it shows only 1.6 defrag.

BTW, Perfect Disk 11 is not set to automatically defrag either.

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You bring up a good point. I don't have any 3rd party defrag tool. I'm on x86 and to the best of my knowledge, the Win 7 auto defrag is turned off. Every now and then, I see in Event Viewer that auto defrag has run. Is Event Viewer just reporting that the scheduled task started and ended without running or is it actually running it? Is there any way to tell?

You bring up a good point. I don't have any 3rd party defrag tool. I'm on x86 and to the best of my knowledge, the Win 7 auto defrag is turned off. Every now and then, I see in Event Viewer that auto defrag has run. Is Event Viewer just reporting that the scheduled task started and ended without running or is it actually running it? Is there any way to tell?

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If you right click on the drive and then go to properties and then to the Tools tabs, in the middle is the "Defragment now". If the auto defrag is turned off, when you click "Defragment now", then you should get the error, that it is turned off.

If you right click on the drive and then go to properties and then to the Tools tabs, in the middle is the "Defragment now". If the auto defrag is turned off, when you click "Defragment now", then you should get the error, that it is turned off.

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Ok, yes it is off. I guess Event Viewer is just reporting that the scheduled task is starting/ending without running it.

so is there a way to use rollbackrx with a live imaging solution like acronis? this would be awesome if possible

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Absolutely treehouse - if you are using ATI v10 or later. Just bootup with the ATI's Linux CD, select your C-Drive/Partition, be sure to check the sector-by-sector method and you're good to go. In this way you will capture your entire RB environment, including all snapshots.

so is there a way to use rollbackrx with a live imaging solution like acronis? this would be awesome if possible

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I'm not sure what you mean by "live" imaging. If you mean using a Windows task under the Rollback RX protected Windows environment to do the imaging (what I call HOT imaging), the answer is yes but only with the "Image For Windows" product and only with a carefully executed REGISTRY tweak.

If you're talking "off line," ie. not under the protected Windows environment but under a Linux/DOS/WinPE/BartPE BOOTable environment, what Aaron Here states is correct. And most likely any imager that will allow you to image ALL sectors (used and unused) will be successful in saving a complete RBRX environment.